AP Psychology Vocabulary
Across
- 4. our spoken, written or signed words
- 5. methodical, logical rule that guarantees solution to problem
- 7. set of rules to divide meaning from morphemes, words and sentences
- 9. a nerve cell
- 12. thinking knowing, remembering
- 15. a characteristic pattern of behavior
- 16. science of mental processes and behavior
- 18. effortless, automatic feeling
- 19. I KNOW I AM RIGHT
- 23. rules for grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
- 24. inability to see problem from new perspective
- 25. mental grouping
- 28. a testable prediction
- 30. is the skinny man reading poetry a professor or truckdriver?
- 32. between at ages 1-2
- 34. most
- 37. speaking like a telegram
- 38. starts at four months
- 41. starts at age 2
Down
- 1. way an issue is posed
- 2. smallest unit that carries meaning
- 3. efficient though error prone thinking strategy to solve a problem
- 5. used to control anxiety and agitation
- 6. you control your own fate
- 8. mood disorder marked by hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
- 10. a sudden and novel realization
- 11. tendency to think of things only in terms of usual functions
- 13. pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
- 14. Whorf’s hypothesis
- 17. likelihood of events based on availability in memory
- 20. tendency to search for info that supports your preconceptions
- 21. BEST mental example
- 22. awareness of things that are not visible
- 26. clinging to initial conceptions even if disproved
- 27. tendency to approach problem in one particular way
- 29. persistent, irrational fear
- 31. ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
- 33. a person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
- 35. base of brainstem, controls heartbeat and breathing
- 36. surgery that removes parts of the brain
- 39. system of rules that enable us to communicate with others
- 40. the word “chat” has three